Richard Schulze-Muth

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA invests in lower middle market companies located across the Europe with revenues of € 30 - € 1,000 million. The fund target companies operating in the fields of industrial & chemicals, lifestyle & consumer goods, IT and business services. It provides financing for corporate carve-outs, add-on acquisitions, platform build-ups and complex buy-outs with an investment size of up to EUR 100 million and also takes controlling position.

Bayerische Landesbank engages in the provision of commercial banking and financial services. It offers products in the areas of export and trade finance, documentary business, interest and currency management, derivatives, payment services, and leasing for middle-market companies. The company was founded on June 27, 1972 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Aurelius (Private Equity) (Aurelius) is a pan-European alternative investment arm of Aurelius Group founded in 2005 by Dirk Markus and Gert Purkert. It is headquartered in Munich, Germany with additional offices in London, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Madrid, Milan and Düsseldorf.

Ashurst LLP provides legal advisory services to banking, communications, energy, healthcare, information technology, and real estate sectors. The firm focuses on areas including commercial contracts, corporate tax, intellectual property, leveraged finance, employee benefits and incentives, and mergers and acquisition advisory services. The company was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.